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The company began in 1846 manufacturing precision scales and mainly industrial balances, in Wald, now a district of Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia. This was the company's main "bread-and-butter" for the next 110 years.

1951- Following the 1950s postwar reconstruction and economic boom in Germany, Krups moved into the lucrative consumer appliance arena.

1959- Releases the highly popular 3Mix (German, Drei-Mix) mixing machine- soon a fixture in almost every second West German household.

1961 Releases the ONKO coffee machine- Which was available as the F468 until 2014.

1965- launches first slicer- highly popular in Germany where sausage (wurst) and cheese are consumed as staples.

1983- first coffee machines released

1990- Krups employs 3000 people in four German factories, one in Limerick, Ireland with annual revenue of DM 541 million. Coffee machines make the bulk of sales of 40% Germany and 30% in USA.